Campus palms JCU Cairns

[Yunder Wækraus]

Morning walk on campus (JCU, Cairns). I Risked my life to bring y’all these photos: I surprised a snake and was bitten by every fly and mosquito at the university :-)

Does anyone know what’s up with the yellow flowers that look like they’re coming out of the palm seedling?

[sgvcns]

Looks like a cyclanth of some kind.

Cheers

[tropicbreeze]

It's called Palm Grass, although it's neither a palm nor a grass, Molineria capitulata. It's native to South East Asia through to Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Kew has it as Curculigo capitulata, but the Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria have that as a synonym of Molineria capitulata. The plant family is Hypoxidaceae.

[bubba]

Yunder,

That is the jungle! So lush I am surprised you could find your way home. Best, bubba

 

 

[Yunder Wækraus]

18 hours ago, tropicbreeze said:

It's called Palm Grass, although it's neither a palm nor a grass, Molineria capitulata. It's native to South East Asia through to Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Kew has it as Curculigo capitulata, but the Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria have that as a synonym of Molineria capitulata. The plant family is Hypoxidaceae.

Wow—had no idea!

[Yunder Wækraus]

Just now, bubba said:

Yunder,

That is the jungle! So lush I am surprised you could find your way home. Best, bubba

 

 

Wish I could truly find my way home :-( 

[Yunder Wækraus]

Went back to the same spot on campus and had a visitor join me